Animal Hoarding...!!?

Question

Best ways to deal with someone affected...in this case is a 76yrs old person female...please some tips and ideas is a family member..!

Answer 1

Animal hoarding is a complicated disease. People think that the hoarder is someone who just LOVES animals and doesn't know when to stop bringing them in. In fact, a true animal hoarder really doesn't 'love' them -- she wants to CONTROL them. She wants to control where they go (not letting them go outside), what they eat and if they get medical care (no). Hoarding is truly a mental illness -- the person doing the hoarding may BELIEVE she is doing what is best for the animals and that no one else can care for them as well as she can. But one look at the starving, neglected animals will tell the story.

Unfortunately, hoarding (whether it's animals or 'stuff') is nearly impossible to cure. No matter what, the person goes back to hoarding again.

I am an animal lover and although I understand that hoarding is a mental illness, to me it seems almost evil. The animals MUST be taken away from the hoarder and she needs to be WATCHED CLOSELY so that it can never happen again.

So, what to do about your relative? GET THE ANIMALS AWAY FROM HER. She will just have to deal with it. If you can't do it yourself, contact the Humane Society or the police. The animals will be eternally grateful.

She might need to go into assisted living or a nursing home.

Good luck.

Answer 2

My brother and his spouse have sixteen canines, 9 cats, 2 rabbits, a hamster, 2 geese, 2 pigs, a million chook, 20 chickens and six horses. they have they funds and the time to guard them. they are in the country on 7 acres. they have a kennel license and cling to the regulation of a million acre consistent with horse. in the event that they have the money and are adhering to the regulations approximately how many pets and acreage then no it would not be hoarding. in the event that they have a constrained area and too many animals..definite it quite is hoarding.